Recent News About State Farm Insurance Co.
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Black insurance agents allowed to continue suit accusing State Farm of 'systematic discrimination'
Insurer faces accusation of race matching agents with client bases, limiting opportunities and income -
Appeals panel: State Farm has no obligation to cover restaurant's losses from Pritzker's COVID closure orders
While the restaurant only closed because the governor ordered them to do so, it was the COVID-19 virus that actually caused the losses, so the steep losses the businesses suffered aren't physical losses covered by insurance policies, state appeals judges ruled -
Judge permits narrowed class action accusing State Farm of presuming Black clients claims were fraud
The owner of a building on Chicago's South Side said State Farm illegally presumed his claims, worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, were fraudulent. -
IL High Court: Insurance companies cannot keep people's personal health info after lawsuits end
The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled insurance companies must return or destroy private health information acquired in lawsuits, finding there's no regulatory law that says otherwise as claimed by State Farm in a pair of Lake County personal injury actions. -
Illinois Supreme Court says State Farm, other insurers can't cut claims paid to homeowners by depreciating labor
State and federal courts have been mixed on the question since a 2002 Oklahoma ruling -
Appeals panel parks class action claiming State Farm misled claimants about umbrella policies
Judges said a woman can't claim State Farm deceived claimants, because the insurer revealed the existence of umbrella policies with higher payout limits when requested to do so by her lawyer. -
Evanston restaurant owners to appeal dismissal of class action suit against State Farm
Insurer denied coverage of losses for closures due to governor's COVID-19 control orders